Friction-gearing.



G. NI. PELTON.

FRICTION GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 30. 1914.

1,19282, Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, u. C.

STATES IENT CFFQE,

GEORGE IVI. PELTON, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE FILER & STOWELL COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

FRICTION-GEARING.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 25, 1916.

Original application filed July 25, 1910, Serial No. 573,726; Divided and'this application filed January 30,

1914.-. Serial No. 815,328.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. PELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee land State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Friction- Gearing, of which the following is a speci-r fication, reference beingv had tothel accompanying drawing, forming a partV thereof.

This invention relates more particularly to gearing comprising friction wheels having their axes at right angles to each other so that the periphery of one will engage with aside or end face of the other.

The main objects of the invention are to provide such gearing with simple and eective means for controllingits operation at a distant and easily accessible point, to'facilitate stopping, starting and regulating the speed of the driven member of such gearing, and generally to improve the construction and operation of gearing of this class.

It consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter particularly described and pointed out in the claims.

For the purpose of illustration and eX- planation the gearing is shown and described as specially designed for use in a re-I sawing machine to operate the feeding mechanism, but with little or no change in construction it may be used for other purposes or in other machines where a variablespeed drive is desired.

In the accompanying drawing like characters designate the same parts in lboth figures.

Figure l is a View partly .in elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal section, of gearing embodying the invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

A tubular shaft a, which may be one of the band wheel shafts of a resawing machine, is supported at the ends in bearings Z9, and provided at one end with a side or end faced friction wheel c, which in the present case is regarded as the driving wheel, although the relation of the driving and driven members of the gearing may be reversed, and the wheel 0 may be the driven member.

' ered thereon.

A friction wheel CZ, which will be considered as the driven member, although it may be the driving member, is mounted on andv c, is feathered as shown in Fig. 2 on the shaft e, so that it will when rotated, turn said shaft and at the same time 'be freely shiftable lengthwise thereof.

To the bearing Z9 or other xed support at the end vof the shaft a opposite the wheel c, a hollow post or stand y' is attached.

A rod Z1; passing through and rotatable and movable lengthwise in the tubular shaft a, is provided at the end adjacent to the wheel c with a pinion Z, which is incased in a head or housing m, forming a bearing for said rod next tothe pinion, and provided with a boX n, encircling the shaft e, or one of its bearings. The pinion Z, head m and lbox n constitute a swivel connection between the rod c and the shaft c, or one of its movable bearings. A rack 0,.gi1ided in a transverseopening in the head m parallel with the shaft c and in mesh with the pinion Z, is connected by a collar 29 with the driven or shiftable wheel CZ, the hub of said wheel being. free to turn, but immovable endwise in said collar. The rod 7c passes through the hollow post or stand j, and is provided therein with a1bevel gear g, which is feath- The protruding end ,of the rod 73 on the outer side of the post j, passes through an opening in a hand lever r, fulcrumed at its lower end to said post and guided at its upper end on a curved arm s, attached to said post. The rod 7c is provided with a collar or shoulder t, with which the lever 1" engages on the inner side thereof, and between the outer side of said lever and a nut or abutment u on the end of the rod, a spring U is interposed, which ment between the friction wheels c and d when they are brought and held togetherV by said lever.

A vertical shaft to, -iournaled in the post.

or stand y' and provided at its upper end with a hand wheel fr and at its lower 'end' with a bevel gear y meshing with the gear L c g, affords means ior turning the rod r to shift the wheel d toward and from the cenwheel a2 with the shaft w and its connec tions, is locked and held in adjusted yposition by the hand screw 2, as-indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.kv p

The shaft e may bev provided, as shown in Fig. 2, with a pulley 3 or other means for transmitting power therefrom or thereto.

The friction wheel cl is moved into and out of engagement with the friction wheel c and the driven member of the gearing is thus started and stopped by the manipula tion of the lever-1", while for varying the speed of the driven member, the wheel d is shifted axially toward and from the center of the wheel 0 bythe manipulationof the hand wheel fr. Y v The lever r and hand wheel` m being 1ocated close together, enable the operator without changing his position, to easily stop and start the friction wheel c or d, whichever may be the driven member, and to vary the Vspeed of the driven member by shifting the wheel Z axially.

Various changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made within theprinciple and scope of the in vention as defined in the following claims.

. This application is a division of my application Serial No. 578,726, filed July 25, 1910, for improvements in resewing machines on which Letters Patent No. 1,109,012 were issued Septemberl, 1914.

I claim: Y

1. In friction gearing the combination with friction wheels having their axes at right angles'to each other, one being movable transversely to its axis into andout of engagement with the other, of a longitudinally movable rod coaxial with the stationary wheel and connected with the shiftable wheel for throwing it into and out of engagement with the stationary wheel, and a lever connected with said rod'.

2. In friction gearing the combination with friction wheels having their axes at right angles toeach other, one being movable lengthwise Iof its axis toward and from the center of the other, of a rotary rod coaxial with 'the stationary wheel and connected with the shiftable wheel, and means for turning said rod.

In friction., gearing the lcombination, with friction wheels having theirwaxes at right angles to each other, one beinginovable-transversely to its axis into and out of engagement with the other, of a longitudinally movable rod coaxial with the stationary wheel andlconnected with the shiftable wheel, and 'a' lever having Yaiyielding connection with said rod and adapted to shift said rod lengthwise and to carry the` shiftable wheel into and out of engagementd with the stationary wheel.

4c. In frictionA gearing fthe combination with frictionV wheels having their axes at right angles to each other, one being movable lengthwise ofA its axisk toward and from the center of the other, of a rotary rod coaxial with the axis of the stationary wheel, a pinion on said rod, a rack` connectedwith the shiftable wheel parallel -withvits Vaxis and meshing with said pinion, and lmeans for turning said rod.

5. In friction gearing the combination with friction wheels having. their axes at right angles to each other,one being mov able transversely to its axis into and out of engagement withthe other and lengthwise of its axis toward andv from the centerV of the other, of a rotary andy longitudinally movable rod coaxial with the stationary wheel and having a swivel connection with the axis of the shiftable' wheel, 'and a rack and pinion connection with saidshiftable wheel, means for manually turning said rod, and means for shifting it lengthwise'.

6. In friction gearing the combination of a tubularvshaft provided with a friction wheel at one enda shaft arranged at right angles to said tubular shaft opposite said friction wheel and movable toward and from the same, a friction wheel mounted on said movable shaft and vmovable laxially toward and from the center of the other friction whee1,a rotary and longitudinally movable rod passing through said tubular shaft and having a. swivel connection with said mov able shaft, a pinion onsaid rod, av rack connected with said shiftable wheel parallel with its'axis and meshing with said pinion,v

andmeans for manually turning said rod"V a tubular shaft provided with a friction wheel at oneend, a shaft arranged at right angles to said tubular shaft opposite said friction wheel and movable toward and from thesame, a friction wheel mounted on said movable shaft and movable axially toward and from the center of the other frictionV wheel, a rotary and longitudinallyV movable rod passing through said tubular shaft and having a swivel connection With Said movand means for manually turning said shiftable shaft, a pinion on said rod, a rack coning shaft. 1o neeted With said shiftable Wheel parallel In Witness whereof I hereto affix my signa- With its aXis and meshing With said pinion, ture in presence of tWo Witnesses.

a lever having `a yielding connection With GEORGE M. PELTON. said rod and adapted to shift it lengthwise in Witnesses:

said tubular shaft, a shifting shaft, bevel CHAS. L. Goss,

gears connecting said shaft With said rod, FRANK E. DENNETT.

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